Launched in November, 1996 from a failed joint venture between the BBC's Arabic service and Saudi investors. Owned by state of Qatar.That explains a lot. We've all noted the BBC bias. But this Al-Jazeera will be different:
The commission also said it will allow distributors to alter or delete Al-Jazeera programming to ensure no abusive comment is distributed.In other words, the distributors will be responsible for the content. But, then:
There will be protections for news, Dalfen said. "It may be that Osama bin Laden, as a news item, sends a tape and they play the tape and the tape says `kill the Jews, or the Christians, or crusaders, and I'm going to get them.' That would normally be seen to be a pretty offensive statement, but it's news. So it too isn't subject to the same degree of scrutiny.
Translation: Distributors won't be able to alter or delete anti-Semitism from Al-Jazeera. It's news and it is "protected" speech. And there is such a pressing need for Al-Jazeera, too.
According to the 2001 census 199,940 people in Canada claim Arabic as their mother tongue. In the Toronto area, the number is just more than 46,000.Text of the ruling. Here
